Sram Apex

I have it on my Boardman CX. First time using a Sram groupset, and I find it quite clunky and agricultural – though not horrendous. I’ll be sticking Shimano on the CX over time, but then I know that some folk love it. Can you try it on a mates bike?

Lightweight for the price, but isn’t in the same league as 105 functionally.
It works fine (mostly), but is clunky, noisy and makes some simple mistakes – for example, the lever still acts the same when you’re already in bottom gear, so you go through the full effort of changing (which is considerable), only to find you don’t have any gears left.

I’ve got Sram rival, and love it on my cross bike, no problems with it. The hood shape is super comfy, something I have never said about campag, no matter how much mud and muck you throw at it, it keeps working when others have stopped.

Apex is ok, for the price it is, run it on my road bike, done loads of miles on it, never broken any of it, just keeps on working.

If i had the money I would run Force as it’s the best value for money in my opinion, red is such frightening, one good off and you could be £300 out of pocket for a new shifter, too dear for my budget.